Holiday Reflections
Christmas is, of course, the time to be home and for those of us that are lucky enough, that means Charleston. This is the perfect time to reflect on what home means to us, and wha...
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Halloween is right around the corner and of course our fair city has come to the party with her costume on! Charleston is rich with hundreds of ghost stories. My favorite is the old Gullah...
Did anyone notice? Tuesday, December 12th was National Poinsettia Day. And, how is this flower tied to Charleston and to Christmas?
The Poinsettia, also known as the Flower of the Holy Night or Christ...
Labor Day - the "working man's" holiday.Many of us locals love the stories of strong "working women" who helped shape Charleston's past, present and future. In 1945, workers (mostly women) ...
We love how Charleston celebrates the birthday of our nation.
It's great fun to take a stroll along the battery after dark on Independence Day. From there we can see fireworks that are being launched...
It hasn't escaped the attention of many that some of the traditions currently associated with Christmas celebrations in the United States actually began during the Civil War. Prior to the war,...
Poinsettia variations patented by the Eckes family. Image: US Patent & Trademark Office.
We give them, we get them, we try to keep them going through the holiday season. Those little potted pla...
As is the way of all things Charleston, our Irish history goes back far and has deep roots. As South Carolina historian Arthur Mitchell has said, the Irish rose so far and so fast in Charleston becaus...
In the years following the Civil War, Southerners--both black and white--would look back at the old plantation Christmases with overwhelming nostalgia. Based on a collection of slave narratives the go...
